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Assessing aeolian beach-surface dynamics using a remote sensing approach

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

Centre for Coastal and Marine Research, School of Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Ulster, Coleraine, Royaume-Uni
Dep. of Geography, Univ., Guelph, Canada
BAUER, B.O.
Earth and Environmental Sciences and Geography, Univ. of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada
WALKER, I.J.
Dept. of Geography, Univ., Victoria, Canada
OLLERHEAD, J.
Dep. of Geography and Environment, Mount Allison Univ., Sackville, Canada
RHEW, H.
Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics Lab., Dep. of Oceanography, INHA Univ., Incheon, Coree, Republique de


Description :
The study site is located at Greenwich dunes, Prince Edward Island. This paper focuses on the effects of aeolian transport on surface moisture content rather than moisture as a control on the threshold of aeolian transport. Maps of beach surface moisture were created based on a calibrated relationship between surface brightness from the photographs and surface moisture content measured in situ at points spaced every 2.5 m along a transect using a Delta-T moisture probe. Remote sensing systems such as the one presented here allow observations of the combined evolution of beach surface moisture, shoreline position, and fetch distances during short-term experiments and hence provide a comprehensive rendering of sediment erosion and transport processes.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 2012, vol. 37, n°. 15, p. 1651-1660, nombre de pages : 10, Références bibliographiques : 33 ref.

Date :
2012

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley

Langue :
Anglais
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